May 21, 2017: Alive, Saved and Seated – Michael Hidalgo

While we were dead we were made alive. Before we did anything God, in Christ, did everything. And what he has done is still happening, even right now. We do not have to wait for it. The verbs Paul uses here are amazing as he speaks in the present tense. We are raised, we are seated and we are saved – NOW. 

 

So, why do we keep living like we are not yet? Why do we keep striving and trying and thinking we can somehow earn something that has already been given? It doesn’t make sense on the face of it, does it? So what if we understood who we are now. So often there are all kinds of people and stories and reputations that follow us around … but Paul eschews all of that. He tells us you are alive, saved and seated.